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  <section id="set-target-properties">
<span id="command:set_target_properties"></span><h1>set_target_properties<a class="headerlink" href="#set-target-properties" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Targets can have properties that affect how they are built.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">set_target_properties(</span><span class="nv">&lt;targets&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...</span>
<span class="w">                      </span><span class="no">PROPERTIES</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;prop1&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;value1&gt;</span>
<span class="w">                      </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nv">&lt;prop2&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;value2&gt;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...</span><span class="nf">)</span>
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<p>Sets properties on targets.  The syntax for the command is to list all
the targets you want to change, and then provide the values you want to
set next.  You can use any prop value pair you want and extract it
later with the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:get_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="get_property.html#command:get_property" title="get_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_property()</span></code></a> or <span class="target" id="index-0-command:get_target_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="get_target_property.html#command:get_target_property" title="get_target_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_target_property()</span></code></a>
command.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.html#alias-targets"><span class="std std-ref">Alias Targets</span></a> do not support setting target properties.</p>
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<h2>See Also<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<li><p><span class="target" id="index-0-command:define_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="define_property.html#command:define_property" title="define_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">define_property()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><span class="target" id="index-1-command:get_target_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="get_target_property.html#command:get_target_property" title="get_target_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_target_property()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>the more general <span class="target" id="index-0-command:set_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="set_property.html#command:set_property" title="set_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_property()</span></code></a> command</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-properties.7.html#target-properties"><span class="std std-ref">Properties on Targets</span></a> for the list of properties known to CMake</p></li>
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